Washington Firehouse No. 5 Explained

Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire Company.^[1] The building features a Doric distyle-in-antis arrangement at the street level supporting an upper story with jib windows opening onto a cantilevered iron balcony.^[2] The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936^[3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour. Main Street Mobile. 2008-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314070447/http://www.mainstreetmobile.org/html/guide/walking.html . 2008-03-14.
2. Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930, page 70. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. .
3. Web site: Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5. Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). 2008-03-27.